Ejector mechanism for firearms.



No. 767,621. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.. v M. WIRSING.

EJEGTOR MECHANISM FOR FIREARMS.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 18.1903. N0 MODEL.

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Patented August 16, 1904.

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I MAX WIRSING, OF BALTIMORE,- MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO PHILADEL- PHIA ARMS COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A COR- .PORATION OF NEW J ERSEY.

EJECTOR MECHANISM FOR FIREARMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,621, dated August 16, 1904. Application filed June 18, 1903. Serial No. 16 2,077. (No model.)

others skilled in the art to which it appentains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to breech -loading breakdown firearms of the so-ealled hammerless type, or that in which a-hammer is concealed; and the prime object of my invention is to provide an improved, novel, simple,

and durable ejector mechanism operated by the breaking down of the barrel after the gun has been fired.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar figures of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of the improved mechanism embodying my invention, showing the ejector mechanism in cocked position, or ready to eject the shell by the breaking down of the barrel. Fig. 2 also represents a longitudinal section of my improved mechanism, illustrating the ejector mechanism in the position assumed after the shell has been ejected from the gunbarrcl.

A barrel 1 is hinged to the gun-frame 2 in the usual or well-known manner by a hingepin 3, and the said barrel is provided with the ordinary form of extractor 4Cthat is, the type of extractor common to this kind of gun. The fore-end 5 is suitably secured to the barrel, and the ejector-hammer 6 and the pivoted ejector sear or lever 7 are both secured to the fore-end by pins 8 and 9, respectively.

10 indicates a metallic member suitably secured to the fore-end and provided with an opening 11, adapted to receive and guide a sliding rod 12, the latter being provided with an enlarged cone-shaped head 13, the rear end of said head normally resting in a recess in the forward face of the ejector-hammer 6. The saidsliding ,rod 12 is surrounded by a coiled spring '15, one end of said spring resting against the said member 10 and the other end resting against the forward face of the enlarged head 13 of the rod. This coiled spring is normally under tension and serves to force the ejector-hammer in a rearward direction to eject the shells after the gun has been fired.

The ejector-hammer 6 is forced forward to the cocked position by the extractor-rod 16,

which latter is projected forward against the rear face of the ejector-hammer by abutting against the gun-frame 2 as the barrel ismade to assume its closed or normal position. After being cocked the ejector-hammer 6 is held in its cocked position by the ejector sear or lever '7, the latter being pushedup in the rear of the ejector-hammer by means of a spiral spring 18, as shown in the drawings. By the breaking down of the barrel of the gun after firing the ejector sear or lever, contacts the forward end portion of rod 20, which latter is connected to the firing-hammer 21, and as the gun is opened the rod 20 forces the forward end of the ejector sear 0r lever to a position opposite the recess 22 in the rear face of the ejector-hammer, thus allowing the ejectorhammer to be swiftly moved forward against the end of the extractorrod, thereby ejecting, the shell from the gun-barrelQ The rod 20 is used to cook the firing-hammer, as well as to trip the aforesaid ejector sear or lever, and

this rod is connected to'the firing-hammer by a suitable pin 24 and is so arranged that it 'will be caused to move in a forward and rearward direction as the tiring-hammer is cooked and fired. Any suitable construction may bev utilized for cocking the firing-hammer which will permit the rear end of the said sear or lever to contact with the forward end of the said rod 20.

It'will be perceived that the forward end of rod 20 does not project beyond the breechpiece, but that the rear end of the sear or lever 7 does project slightly beyond the rear face of the fore-arm to permit contact between the sear 7 and rod 20 when the gun is being opened. Further, it may be understood that the rod 20 will not project sufiiciently forward to trip the sear or lever 7 unless the firing-hammer has assumed the fired position.

While I have described my improved mechani'sm in connection with a single barrel, it will be understood that it is also applied to a double-barrel gun.

It is obvious that certain changes in detail maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit'of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to cut, is

1. In a breech-loading breakdown gun, an ejector-hammer having a recess in i ts rear face; a spring-actuated rod located in front of and bearing directly-against the ejector-hammer, a pivoted spring-actuated sear, having its for ward end normallybearing against the rear face of the ejector-hammer adjacent to the recess therein, and its rear end projecting beyond the rear of the fore-end, in combination with a reciprocating rod hinged tothe firinghammer andihaving its forward endprojectsecure by Letters Pated to engage the scar and tilt its forward end intothe recess in the e ector-hammer, as hererear of the fore-end; in combination with a reciprocating rod hinged tothe firing-harnmer, and having its forward end projecting V in the rear of the sear to trip the same and release the ejector hammer by the breaking down of the gun, as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MAX WIRSING. Witnesses:

' ANsLEY H; Fox,

HARRY H. Fox. 

